From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
jdow wrote:
From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Peter wrote:
> False alarm. I wasn't aware I needed outgoing port 80 open for RDJ.
Strange I never got these errors before. Does it only use curl when it
detects (how?) an update is required?
Nope.. it always needs to go out over port 80. The "check for update"
is done
using HTTP "If-Modified-Since" requests.
To be clearer, I use wget with ftp here. It would also work with http.
Erm.. That confuses me Joanne..
Yes, wget supports FTP, but none of the rule mirrors, such as rulesemporium, has
FTP access. So how is that relevant here?
I used to use ftp. It seems these days I do indeed use http via wget.
I was working on a stale memory there. Now that you mention it I remember
having to switch GetRules.sh over to http. When I first built it ftp
worked, I believe.
AFAIK pretty much the *only* way to get rule updates with RDJ is to use HTTP,
which is on port 80.
I can only speak conclusively about antidrug (which nobody using SA 3.0.0 or
higher should use), but I'll tell you for sure that there is no way to update
antidrug over FTP. HTTP only.
{^_^}
